seattle, portland, and northern california have already been swamped by heavy downpours. just before thanksgiving, they're expecting up to 30 inches of snow in the cascades. a foot of rain and wind gusting as high as 50 miles an hour. and that could spell trouble for travelers. >>> here is your monday forecast. dry and pleasant south of that western storm. milder than normal in the midwest with showers around minneapolis, duluth, and davenport. showers in the carolinas. >> 70s from dallas to miami. mostly 50s in the midwest. 77 in phoenix and 57 in albuquerque. >>> it's time now for what is inevitably, i have to admit, probably our "favorite story of the day." it comes to us from logan, utah. >> that's right. that's where a bunch of guys collected more than 1,400 bags of leaves and then emptied them into a backyard. and then it was time to play. by jumping off the roof, yep, right into that pile. >> awesome. >> that looks fun. >> the pile was 17 feet high, big enough to keep everybody safe. they estimated the whole pile of leaves weighed about 20,000 pounds. pretty cool c